Yes, but cheaper competitors drive down the price you can charge, and hence reduce expected profits.
When you look at the cost of nuclear, operating costs always have to be balanced against construction/funding costs.
I'm just saying pushing accounting for funding repayments into the future is a risky investment.
I might not be an engineer, but I do know how to structure investments.
Possibly, but possibly not. A floating raft, or similar base, might work without excessive concrete. People who dogmatically argue that today's constraints will always exist are often proven wrong. Disruptive technology overturns accepted wisdom.
The problem with nuclear is excessive safety, but also politics has stopped them being built, has stifled innovation. That alone is enough to explain nuclear's stagnation.
Nuclear also needs fuel repossessing, which is an added complication
Quite right, I don't know. I'm not saying I believe it is possible, just that I'm not convinced it is impossible.
Yes, however, the free market does operate within the constraints of government policy.
Mostly, I'm explaining why wind energy frightens nuclear investors. Why it has stifled our progress with nuclear.